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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DEF3NDER:
Forgive me if this is a silly question, I'm still learning. I had the Blue Kuban rom before this one and I have some boot animations on my SD that I downloaded through his rom updater. If I flash one of those will it work with this rom? I don't want to try it and then my phone vaporizes, lol. Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] willv23:
tried to take a screen shot but phone died lol just wanted to let people know i got about 14 hours battery with half of the day using 3g and other half using wifi and mostly texting had maybe 2-3 calls and only 1 lasted about 20 minutes.

just posting cuz i saw screen shots from others with terrible battery life might have to replace your battery
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I'm pretty sure you will be fine but its always a good idea to make a backup first. Just curious, how did you like Ruj's rom and the updater?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] CyberpodS2:
With no intention of starting any mud slinging, in my opinion Blazer 4.1 set the bar for what a GB rom should be in terms of look and function. BK has set that standard for ICS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sirslipzalot:
I have a question to people still on Blazer 4.1. Does your softkeys ever spaz out on you? Frequently when texting or doing other tasks, my phone will start randomly vibrating from supposed tactile response and the menu will pop up and down. It also seems to get stuck with no screen function working for a couple of seconds and then it returns to normal, sometimes for a while, sometimes screwing up again not 5 seconds later. Anyone got a fix or something for this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sh505isau:
I used Blazer 4.1 as my daily driver when I had my previous E4GT, and never had any problems with the keyboard. Are you using the built-in Swype/AxT9? I use johntanmi's ICS keyboard and it works great!

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=inputmethod.latin.ported

By the way, I got a replacement recently and while trying to install Blazer 4.1 again, I realize the file is no longer available! Phantom's link gives me a 404 error. Is anyone else seeing this? Somebody care to post a mirror?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lagallinavecchia:
Nice! Thanks for that... works great. :good:

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Guys, great rom and tdunham thanks for all the links etc...

2 things...

1) is the StockCWM-EL26.zip the best/newest CWM for this ROM

2) My battery gets HOT after about 30 min of constant use. Anyone else? Anything I can do?

Thanks :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
There are probably a bunch that will work with this rom. However, EL26 stock is not one of them. It is a GB based kernel and it's what we use when flashing to and from ICS. I think this probably applies to flashing ICS kernels too.

If you want to know more about kernels go see Rwilco12 at the Kernel Repository and let him know you are on a stock FF18 build. Don't forget to thank him while you're there:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1662295

I think I'll add his link to my links page:

http://xdaforums.com/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=28451727

Edit: Sorry, I don't know a lot about flashing to a different ICS kernel. I've always been happy with what came with the rom if it does what I need which is usually just flashing a mod or making and restoring backups.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Capp5050:
Periodic freezes and reboots

I'd been using Blazer 4.1 for GB for a few months, and maybe I was spoiled, because I never had an issue with it.

After months of watching (and resisting the temptation of) various ICS leaks, I finally took the plunge w/FF18 and this ROM. I'm not a flashaholic by any means, but I've been frustrated with 4G reception and GPS-lock issues since I purchased the device, and thought I'd give this a shot.

The Positive: While signal strength under most circumstances appears to be lower with this ROM and the FF18 modem, surprisingly 4G AND GPS lock now appear to have improved. I realize there may be no scientific basis for this, but this does seem to be the case.

The Negative (and where I need help): This ROM freezes on me several times a day. The most common occurrence is when I click the power button to unlock the screen, but it also occurs within applications just as often. Occasionally it 'works itself out', but most times, if I wait, the device eventually reboots.

Note that the freezes are not occurring when toggling wi-fi, 4G, or airplane mode (as seems to be the case for some).

The only other information I can add is that I had a heck of a time recovering many of my apps after upgrading from Blazer 4.1. Titanium froze when restoring about 60% of apps. Usually when that happened, I used Titanium to selectively restore from a Nandroid backup, which worked for about 50% of the problem apps (I wonder if all these restoration issues may have damaged the apps or the ROM).

-- Is this an issue that many others are having? Paging through the forums I've read of random Force Closes (I'm not having these), but not persistent freezes and reboots

-- Any suggestions? Should I start over and reload ROM? (if this is a known problem that would just be a waste of time).

Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lagallinavecchia:
Thanks again -- not sure where I pulled that from... :-o

Appreciate the link, I'll go there!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Ok let's see. I'd start at the bottom, yes go ahead and odin back to Stock EL26 CWM by Chris41G, do the format all twice (just to be sure) and reflash the rom.

The freezing and stuff shouldn't be happening.

As for the titanium restores, try going into settings/storage and unmounting the external SD first before you try doing batch restores again. And it should be App only, no data. You can always go back for the several things you need data for.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DEF3NDER:
I like it a lot. It was really slick and stable and the updater was super easy to use. I was in a flashing binge and when I got to this rom it just stopped. I don't know what appeals to me so much about this rom. I guess it's the simplicity and subtle themeing and EVERYTHING works. I really like the stock look and feel. Thank you for answering my question!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Now, I notice that he has a lot of flashable mods. Doesn't some of it overwrite and conflict with the others. You'll notice when I post something, I always try to include a way back. I also try to point out when one mod may overwrite another. My point being, doesn't all that binge flashing get you to the point where you are so deep in and confused, you just gotta flash back to the base build just to clear your head. LOL

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Here's a real XDA newbie question.

Why can't I start a new thread?

Whether I click on Quick Reply or Post Reply, it always adds to the bottom of the previous post if I am the previous person to post a quoted reply.

(See it just did it) :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
This is a test.

Edit: Ok, using the xda mobile app forces a new thread creation. That'll work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Blazer EL29 GB 4.1 Download

I know the link is down for Blazer 4.1 GB rom. Here is a link to it from my Dropbox. Please be aware that this is a limited time offer. If it's not there anymore, well you missed your chance. I'm not going to leave it up there forever. ;)

Blazer 4.1 EL29 GB Rom: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q2o86nt82tseekd/Blazer_Rom_El29_v4.1_Beatemup.zip?m
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Capp5050:
Thanks, that's kinda what I thought.

For those who may be experiencing problems too:

- I moved my Titanium backup from the external SD card to the internal, re-flashed the ROM, re-established my Google Play account. Interestingly, Google auto re-loaded many of the apps.

- Unmounted the SD card, loaded Titanium (and key), changed the default for Titanium backups to the Internal card (found the existing backup).

- Used Titanium to restore all apps that had previously not been restored by Google (app only); may be worth noting that I did not restore my launcher (Go Launcher) until the end

- Used Titanium's batch mode to selectively restore app Data (only) to those apps where I knew that personalized (e.g. login, customization, etc) information existed.

- Mount the SD Card

- Reload and configure launcher (Go Launcher)

- Boot to recovery, clear all caches, re-boot.

It's only been a couple hours, and most of that has been spent configuring widgets, my desktop, and other housekeeping, but it's worth noting that with all of this activity, there have been no freezes or lockups yet (fingers crossed)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mike6200:
Please help

I have dl'd Phantom Blazer LF9-sprintg3gd1.3 and Calkulins format all for e4gt. I was on ics rom and switched my rcovery to cwm 5.0.2.7. Did the format and installed rom and still no go. I have the ephic touch 4g for sprint. Every time my phone boots it says Samsung Galaxy sII gt l9100 and stays there for as long as 40 min untill I finally reboot into recovery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I'm glad you added that last part but I have bad news for you my friend. It looks like somewhere along the way you flashed the wrong thing.

Please follow these instructions to see if the phone will flash back to stock rooted and if it works, report back and we can go from there:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24158551&postcount=9980

Thanks - TD
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 5FOOTER:
That rom is for the galaxy s3 not the epic touch it should be ff18
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] E4gt007:
I hate it when developers drop a platform for the NEXT big thing-

I personally cant put up with glitches and aggravation like mms, camera, bad navigation etc... when you depend on it-\ I tried ICS Blu Kuban, blazer ics, and if it isnt for lack of theming- its for glitches that brought me back to GB Rom- stable- seamless- great battery- great theme ( Blend 3.0 )

And then- when the GSIII gets old- 6 months after being released- you'll have the GS IV- with 6 cores, 3d, and it will make your dinner with a free app. Rooting will be as easy as touch of a button.. and sprint techs will tell you to use hard reset to fix every problem... LOL ( never mind the bad reception!)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mike6200:
it worked

Thanks thats what it was. However, now I have the rom loaded but I have no service from sprint. Its wanting me to activate my phone as though I havnt done that. Should I do this? I might have deleted my modem or something. or is this normal for this rom. Looks like i did delete. My baseband ver says unknown and harware ver says unknown
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 5FOOTER:
If you have a pc download a modem ff18 is the newest and put on your sd card then boot into recovery and flash the zip you should be ok.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
You can fix all of the bugs then.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
Have you tried odining back to stock?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] imakul8:
Yes, my menu pops up randomly at times. I use SwiftKey.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] K.0.0.L.:
when will we be expecting the next release? Can't wait
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] E4gt007:
Still no themes for this build? I liked the emotionless beast for 4.1 GB And it had reboot options not on this ics rom. Ics may be more advanced- but the plain vanilla nature of this rom brings me back to a more complete GB rom- Like Blend 3.0 or 4.1 blazer. Just my 2 cents...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Ok, so you went ahead with the one-click odin back to stock I guess.

How it going now Mike? I know 5footer said something to you about trying to flash a modem in recovery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
I'm on the go and havent fully up-to-dated myself so I apologize if this is answered in full already...

It never hurts to be safe, that being said...

Flashing back to a GB kernel to do your flashing is not necessary like had been told.

Flashing to GB kernel is necassary only if you are wiping/reformatting your device.

The command that potentially bricks your phone is only issued by wipe features.. specifically the wipe features on ICS based kernels..

If I'm not mistaken (DONT TEST) most of the available newer kernels, including the one that comes with this rom, will not even allow you to issue the harmful command.

Good morning, :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
TD, I'm pm a question if you have a sec
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 5FOOTER:
Noooooo Phantom don't leave, a lot of us appreciate your hard work take your time and do your thing. Blazer gb is a monster and ff18 blazer runs real smooth for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] benthe1:
I doubt he would abandon all of his followers because of one unappreciative commenter. I think he was just making a point if you don't like something, fix it. :-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
I'm not leaving the sgs2 atm.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ind3lible:
Good cause I decided to stay on the sgs2 till the sgs4! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 14u2c:
+1 I see in the general section sprint rolling out ics

update starting on thursday : )
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
Bout time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cowballz69:
Why is it that with any 4.0.4 rom tethering is extremely slow? However when not tethering internet is fast?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] babololo12:
How would i flash this if i came from a different ICS Rom?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oubravs2b:
How did you uninstall? It says installed in the market but I dont have an uninstall option. And couldn't find apk or listed in Apps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
I think the stock kernel helps with LoS?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
That too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigfdaddy:
Is this built from the stock rom or is it aosp?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
Stock.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Overstew:
Flashing now... :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
My bad meant to email you man.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigfdaddy:
Thanxs

Sent from my finger tips 2 your eyeballs....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sleshepic:
If some don't want to believe just comments like "wow, this is fast", here's a quadrant run, no over clock.

Uninstall was an option for me in the market, perhaps you are looking at a different ICS keyboard in the market? if not try a root uninstall using an app, the Rom Toolbox included with the rom should do it(a great app, suggest purchasing full version)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ga101698:
Just an FYI, I had an issue w/ getting the GPS to lock on. Changed kernels and all is well..........ROM rocks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leyvatron:
Hey phantom,

Any bln additions to your roms?

i know it needs some kernel modding but how easy is it to add it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] javan966:
wow!!! this ROM is fast great work bro.....one problem i have is that it won't connect to my wifi just keep on saying obtaining IP address, I was running the star burst rom before this one
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
Not sure. Will check it out.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
Try flashing a new kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
As Frank the Tank would say "I thought we were in a good place?" Yes you are Phantom.....yes you are haha
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] javan966:
okay thanks bro will do and report back.....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Overstew:
Hey, it's no problem. I just got home from work so it's all good. Running it now, so far, very smooth. :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aaadictedone:
Camera app works ok for me but there is a shutter sound. A silent camera would be great!

AMAZING WORK ON THE ROM! Thanks PH!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire118:
Phantom,

is there a work around for the ics keyboard?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
Uninstall and reinstall from the market, instrucions posted above.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sportsplayer5959:
This is an issue. For now, download the latest version here.

http://tiny.cc/xbezu
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VegasEvo4G:
I might have had a small breakthrough in this. I was setting up my phone (again) reinstalling all of my apps and periodically rebooting just to see if it worked. It worked every time... until I installed Go Launcher- reboot, frozen. I pulled the battery and booted into recovery. This time I only wiped data. I rebooted, and its back up. Obviously that isn't the best scenario being that you will lose all of your non-system apps but its a start. I'm seeing a few more people bring this up and it is looking like the majority are using some type of 3rd party launcher be it ADW or Go (only two I've seen mentioned.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stparker38:
I don't use ADW. I bet all these people that are saying they love the ROM and they are having no issues have NOT had to reboot the phone. No one really powers their phone off much anymore...we just charge and go. I don't have anything that I haven't had on any other ROM...I don't tweak anything or mess with any files in any way. I simply was making a backup of the ROM to save my settings as is and it began. Then I discovered that anytime you power off the phone on this ROM it will not boot back up. I would like someone that is successfully running this ROM to power off and power back on and see if it is fine. OR also try and create a backup of the ROM and then reboot. I'm scared to shut it off or try and make another backup attempt. I have wiped and reflashed this ROM around 5 times already. I have since switched to the odexed version but haven't tried to reboot....maybe I'll be bold tonight...if it does the same thing I'm jumping ship until someone can say why this is so...

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You may be on to something... I don't use ADW or GO but I use Android Mate, which it tries to recognize as a HOME screen when I push the home button. Maybe we should make sure we set the default when hitting home button before trying to reboot. Do you think it does that because its trying to choose the launcher??? Its a good theory and makes sense... I can't see any other reason why it will run flawlessly, but won't let you reboot. I've never tried to reboot without first loading everything...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Go Gators1:
Ive been running this rom for 5 days now and Ive rebooted my phone at least 5-6 times with no problems at all. I'm loving this rom! Waiting for updates!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
If he was it would already be in the rom.

If your having Issue's it would most likely be due to you thinking EK02 kernel will work fine with a EG30 Built Rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] raveniselizabeth:
I am using this rom with ek02 modem and repacked ek02 kernel and go launcher. I reboot every morning with no problems. I am loving this rom. Just wanting 2.3.6 so everything is updated.

Sent with the XDA app from my super cool Epic Touch 4G... The best phone ever!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] raveniselizabeth:
Maybe it's the rom download. I know some people who use chrome or download directly to the phone have these issues. Have you tried redownloading the rom with a different browser? It sounds crazy but I have seen people say this happens

Sent with the XDA app from my super cool Epic Touch 4G... The best phone ever!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dbaybay:
I don't understand why any of you guys are having issues. I've been using this rom for 11 days now. Started on eg31, went back to eg30 then to ek02 last night. I've been using go launcher since I installed and bought adw today since its a 10 cent app. Both run perfect. Old and new modems work perfect. rebooting works fine as well.

Guess I'm lucky. I downloaded the rom directly to my phone via dolphin I believe before I flashed it.

Don't know what it could be.

Sent from my Le Pan Tab
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bone625:
I've rebooted plenty of times with this rom and not had an issue. However, I haven't synced my appbrain market since I last got the reboot lockscreen freeze issue about 5 days ago, which means I don't have GO or Launcher Pro which I had installed previously. Maybe it could be something with 3rd party launchers, not sure. I'm going to sync appbrain and reinstall all my other apps tonight and see if I come across the issue again. Since I haven't in awhile with many reboots I'm thinking it might be something to do with that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] outcircuit:
I had issues with Caulklins 1.whatever rebooting before I flashed this rom 10 days ago.

Haven't had any rebooting issues at all with this rom. This rom rules and ek02 is goddamned ridiculous, battery life is drastic improvement. Can't wait for 2.3.6 update, altough ICS is making my pants tight.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Red_Kamel:
If you like Touchwiz's latest creation check this out

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1061883 out

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I don't know the answer but... wrong section...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VegasEvo4G:
UPDATE- Frozen lockscreen FIXED!!!!

I've figured things out on my end. I guess it has something to do with using a third party launcher and the rom trying to figure out which launcher to start up whenever you reboot. I selected Go Launcher as default, rebooted, and it works just fine now. I also noticed "Default Home Selector 1.0" is frozen in titanium back up. I didn't do that so it must have come in the rom that way. I first tried thawing that and then rebooting with Go Launcher NOT checked as default. It froze. I wiped, restored a back up, reinstalled Go Launcher, selected it as my default launcher, reboot = GRAVY!!!! Thank you SO much to all the people that chimed in to help. Also glad to know that so many other people haven't had any issues. You rock xda!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
Now that ek02 looks official I will start work on it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dschachm:
Can't wait for this. I was running ek02 modem and kernal with this build. First time i was getting soft reboots, and circle with a line through it for signal. Didn't think the ek02 had that issue, but maybe mixing 2.3.4 with that causes issues. I had flashed twice, and wiped everything and fomated all.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] raveniselizabeth:
EEEEE So excited!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ficjay:
I have not had battery life as good as Blazer in 3 years! Palm Pre, then Epic and now the Touch and I could finally go all day on a charge. Switched this morning to Calk's because I wanted to see how it compared and it is supposed to be EK02 based. I am reloading my saved Blazer backup as I type this in anticipation to updating to EK02 Blazer. Your stuff is awesome and I sent in a donation as a thank you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dchibro:
Looking forward to it. I've been itching to give your ROM a try but was waiting for a EK02 base. Thanks for the great contribution to our phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NORCALkID:
I love how this rom actually puts the phone to sleep when you power off the screen. I have been running this rom with the EK02 kernel from team rogue and I love it... Waiting like a crack head to flash the updated rom :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Nosolee Toxin:
Fyi here is something under settings that needs to be themed blue
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aaadictedone:
View attachment 811357

Volume numbers
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
How are we on to the next big thing when ICS has been out for 9 months?

Also, reception in Florida is ****, i'm glad to be at home away from it. Something a tech in the store couldn't fix anyway.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iztel:
I've been getting about 12.5 hours battery life on this Rom using display 3.5 hours medium other usage. How does this compare to what you guys are getting? I have my screen dimmed all the way down and no 4g.

I'm new to the e4gt and kinda jumped into this Rom without using much GB. Would my battery life be much better on blazer 4.1 or once phantom has a new build of this Rom from source?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] erasable:
Pretty happy with my battery life today.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gr33nd3vil:
4.1 is like sex for the first time with a cougar... itll rock you long time